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  1. Mark's avatar

    I just want to address this comment: > What initially presents itself as impressive intelligence can, upon closer inspection by…

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    Hi Dan, Actually, no, that the engine is next-token prediction does not entail that “there is only so much recycling,…

  3. Mark's avatar

    I’m a mathematician who works on AI research, though not specifically on training LLMs. Basically, we really don’t know what’s…

  4. Luis Marxuach's avatar

    My experience with LLMs as a layperson/non-philosopher is that the aforesaid are excellent as spell checkers and translators (and, at…

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    I think we need to separate several different issues here: the future of the university, the future of education, the…

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    Unless we accept dualism, ultimately any creative process comes down to high-level emergent consequences of a very complex system whose…

2014: Philosophers who passed away

The passing of the following philosophers was noted on the blog during 2014:  David Armstrong, Scott W. Austin, John Bennett Bacon, Judith Baker, Anthony Brueckner, Ted Cohen, Joyce Mitchell Cook, Joseph Flay, Laurence Goldstein, A. Phillips Griffiths, James Higginbotham, Dudley Knowles, Brian Loar, E.J. Lowe, Bernd Magnus, Dennis McKerlie, Grigori Mints, David Fate Norton, Gerhard Øverland, Stanley Rosen, Israel Scheffler, Fred Sommers, Patrick Suppes.  Click on "Philosophy Updates" and scroll down for more information on these philosophers, including links to memorial notices.

You can see last year's list here.

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